T&T: Fw: Fresh water Tank problem

Larry N. Brown cigano55 at hotmail.com
Mon Jun 30 11:29:18 EDT 2008


> One thing that you might bear in mind,
> chlorine - the actual disinfectent in bleach - disapates into the 
> atmosphere
> over about a 24 hr period.
>
>
> I think this might be misleading. While
> chlorine does dissapate into the atmosphere I don't think it will 
> dissapate
> out of water unless there is a large water surface relative to the volume 
> of
> the water. So, in most cases the chlorine content of water will remain for
> quite some time.
> Henry


Just treat the tank, rinse it, pump it out and let it dry for a while before 
refilling. Should remove all traces of the chlorine.

Regards,

Larry and Teri
M/V Cigano, 47' Prairie Sundeck Cruiser
Lying: 64 Cypress Road
          Covington, LA


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